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one is michigan mit romney's home state. barack obama 52%, mitt romney 44%. and then virginia, this is your home state. barack obama 5 50%, mitt romney 43%. and then wisconsin. a clear pattern of a lead and momentum in the favor of the president. what are you going to do about this? >> well piers i'd rather be ahead than behind. it is now a margin of error. we have work to do. i think the ground game is going to be important. we are doing a lot better than we did four years ago in virginia. i would say that what mitt romney has done well is make out why barack obama shouldn't be re-elected. 43 months. crushing debt that this president has failed to lead on. what he hadn't done is say here is what i'm going to do to get you and the average american family on the road back to the american dream. i think that is going to be the closing argument. the independent voters care about getting results. they care about which guys has the best ideas on spending and the military here in virginia. i think mitt romney is going to be a close case but i think romney wins thou
one is michigan mit romney's home state. barack obama 52%, mitt romney 44%. and then virginia, this is your home state. barack obama 5 50%, mitt romney 43%. and then wisconsin. a clear pattern of a lead and momentum in the favor of the president. what are you going to do about this? >> well piers i'd rather be ahead than behind. it is now a margin of error. we have work to do. i think the ground game is going to be important. we are doing a lot better than we did four years ago in...
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barack obama has a chest full of amnition to use against mitt romney. >> as does romney. >> as does romney, but romney was using what he had to whatever effect he could use it. what people were expecting was for barack obama to respond in kind. if you are being attacked, if you see somebody getting beat up on the side of the street and the guy doesn't fight back, you go, wow, that is just sad. like this guy just got beat up. why wouldn't he fight back and protect himself? barack obama was getting beat up. and he could have defended himself. it would have been a huge mistake for people to assume that barack obama is not effective at being able to communicate. he is very effective. knowing that and watching him not do what you know he is capable of doing was a very strange thing for most americans to see. >> got to wrap up it. charles blow, thanks for coming in. they both have attacks in their chest. if they are not using them, it's a debate, a battle. >> there you go. >>> if you fell asleep, if you forgot, if you were watching baseball because that was pretty good too the presidential debat
barack obama has a chest full of amnition to use against mitt romney. >> as does romney. >> as does romney, but romney was using what he had to whatever effect he could use it. what people were expecting was for barack obama to respond in kind. if you are being attacked, if you see somebody getting beat up on the side of the street and the guy doesn't fight back, you go, wow, that is just sad. like this guy just got beat up. why wouldn't he fight back and protect himself? barack...
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so he's going after romney where as romney is going after obama. >> if you're mitt romney, you just want to talk about economy, jobs, your track record, bring back the olympics that you saved for the nation. you want to keep hitting the stuff that you're good at, don't you? >> i want to make up the point that it's really easy, especially if you're considered the moderate republican in the primary. it's really easy to be super confident in a state like illinois. you don't get conservative until you go pretty far south in illinois and maybe closer to the metro east. it's really easy to be confident in a state like illinois. women voters, especially after south carolina with the fluff with his wife, they were going to santorum, but i'm noticing that some more and more conservatives and more and more women are starting to at least, with the past couple of contests, colessing a little bit about romney. i'm not certain if that's a huge trend just yet. but, yeah, it's definitely the fat lady is warming up. i know a lot of people have said it. i think we're down to a two-man race now. >> carol,
so he's going after romney where as romney is going after obama. >> if you're mitt romney, you just want to talk about economy, jobs, your track record, bring back the olympics that you saved for the nation. you want to keep hitting the stuff that you're good at, don't you? >> i want to make up the point that it's really easy, especially if you're considered the moderate republican in the primary. it's really easy to be super confident in a state like illinois. you don't get...
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mitt romney's on the move. in the newest cnn poll conducted after last week's debate, the president's lead in the all important battleground state of ohio has narrowed to just four points. that's within the poll's margin of error. so neck and neck. no surprise therefore that both candidates are in ohio tonight. the challenger taking aim at the president just a few minutes ago. >> they chant four more years, four more years, and today, there are 28 days before the election. i think the right chant ought to be for them, four more weeks, four more weeks. and with an audience like this -- >> four more weeks! four more weeks! >> president obama fired back in a campaign event at ohio state university. >> that is not change, that is a relapse. we have been there. we have tried that. we are not going back. we are moving forward and that's why i'm running for a second term as president of the united states. >> joining me now from the obama campaign, deputy campaign manager stephanie cutter. welcome, stephanie. >> thank
mitt romney's on the move. in the newest cnn poll conducted after last week's debate, the president's lead in the all important battleground state of ohio has narrowed to just four points. that's within the poll's margin of error. so neck and neck. no surprise therefore that both candidates are in ohio tonight. the challenger taking aim at the president just a few minutes ago. >> they chant four more years, four more years, and today, there are 28 days before the election. i think the...
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same call. >> what would governor romney do? truth is we don't know for certain. >> all that in a week, we have six-and-a-half months to go. randi? >> paul, thank you very much. >>> a man adopted 30 years ago wanted to know more about his past and what he found was a missing person's photo with his face on it. >> i think oh my god that looks like me. it does. it's pretty much the spitting image. ya know, your rates and fees aren't exactly competitive. who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ spokesman ] when you refinance your mortgage with quicken loans, you'll find that our rates and fees are extremely competitive. because the last thing you want is to spend too much on your mortgage. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. ♪ why you fell in love with her in the first place. and why you still feel the same. but your erectile dysfunction -- that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same ci
same call. >> what would governor romney do? truth is we don't know for certain. >> all that in a week, we have six-and-a-half months to go. randi? >> paul, thank you very much. >>> a man adopted 30 years ago wanted to know more about his past and what he found was a missing person's photo with his face on it. >> i think oh my god that looks like me. it does. it's pretty much the spitting image. ya know, your rates and fees aren't exactly competitive. who do you...
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romney's gaffe and the grab for most cash. also keeping america great and the last twitter foundation, has his creation become too powerful for its own good? and montel williams. >> i was trained by the military. why would you want to take away my gun? >> and moment of impact, extraordinary video inside a cockpit as a plane falled from the sky. an unbelievable story of what happened to everyone onboard. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. with both sides spending billions of dollars, this election campaign isn't the most expensive in history it's also turning out to be the ugliest. tonight, we're seeing proof how far president obama and mitt romney will go to win in november. the latest attack ad from an obama super pac. obama is doubling down on its shots on bain capital. it's saying romney may have played a role in a woman's death. my guest frank rich, you're getting very angry about this as the days have worn on. i heard the dissitancing from t super pac and all this. the bottom line, this ad, and we'll see it
romney's gaffe and the grab for most cash. also keeping america great and the last twitter foundation, has his creation become too powerful for its own good? and montel williams. >> i was trained by the military. why would you want to take away my gun? >> and moment of impact, extraordinary video inside a cockpit as a plane falled from the sky. an unbelievable story of what happened to everyone onboard. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. with both...
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>> this is all about mitt romney. these votes for santorum are about romney, rejecting romney. it seems the thing, the way that this thing could change is after it feels like a done deal, there is something like a jeremiah wright moment was, it seemed like a done deal. then something so crazy happened that people started, that you could imagine the super delegates just fleeing. i think something beyond the signs of problems for romney. something really dramatic and negative would need to happen. >> well, events can happen as you and i know very well. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> when we come back, the question of the night. rick santorum, mitt romney, newt gingrich, maybe ron paul. who knows who will face barack obama? dad, why are you getting that? is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪ [ slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fa
>> this is all about mitt romney. these votes for santorum are about romney, rejecting romney. it seems the thing, the way that this thing could change is after it feels like a done deal, there is something like a jeremiah wright moment was, it seemed like a done deal. then something so crazy happened that people started, that you could imagine the super delegates just fleeing. i think something beyond the signs of problems for romney. something really dramatic and negative would need to...
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. >>> mitt romney is back on the campaign trail in virginia. it's likely he'll hit president obama hard on the issue of jobs. jim acosta has more on that from new hampshire. jim? >> reporter: randi, mitt romney came to this minor league baseball park to give his pitch on the economy. he was served up a softball in the form of the nation's unemployment report. mitt romney tried to offer sobering words of what he called the hangover after president obama's convention party. in another disappointing report on the stagnant jobs market. >> it's been 43 straight months above 8%. it's a national tragedy. >> reporter: the unemployment numbers show 96,000 jobs created in august. the rate dropped due to 368,000 leaving the work force. he has a new line where the president is taking the country. >> it's four more years of the four last years. i don't think the american people want four more years. >> reporter: he hit back on the president's charge he's yet to offer specifics saying he will create 12 million jobs with tax cuts, more domestic energy. listen
. >>> mitt romney is back on the campaign trail in virginia. it's likely he'll hit president obama hard on the issue of jobs. jim acosta has more on that from new hampshire. jim? >> reporter: randi, mitt romney came to this minor league baseball park to give his pitch on the economy. he was served up a softball in the form of the nation's unemployment report. mitt romney tried to offer sobering words of what he called the hangover after president obama's convention party. in...
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romney of being a felon. keeping them honest, though, it looks like president obama may have forgotten what happened just last month. comments made by stephanie cutter, his deputy campaign manager in a conference call with reporters. >> either mitt romney through his own words and his own signature was misrepresenting his position at bain to the sec, which is a felony, or he was misrepresenting his position at bain to the american people to avoid responsibility for some of the consequences of his investments. >> miss cutter, that was just a few weeks ago, was discussing questions about how mitt romney handed over power at the investment firm bain capital. that's after several news outlets uncovered securities and exchange commission documents showing romney was still on the corporate book at bain until 2002. the romney camp insists the governor left the company in 1999 to run the winter olympics in salt lake city. also asked about a ad being run by a super pac supporting him. he did not think mr. romney was r
romney of being a felon. keeping them honest, though, it looks like president obama may have forgotten what happened just last month. comments made by stephanie cutter, his deputy campaign manager in a conference call with reporters. >> either mitt romney through his own words and his own signature was misrepresenting his position at bain to the sec, which is a felony, or he was misrepresenting his position at bain to the american people to avoid responsibility for some of the...
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i know you like romney. if you're president obama are you feeling vulnerable or confident ton in the. >> i think we've seen that president obama's having a little bit of a mini-meltdown. he went after the supreme court on the health care ruling and said you dare not turn it over. he started throwing around words like trojan horses against paul ryan's budget. it seems to me he's having a falling down moment here. from my gatherings, it seems like he's having a little bit worry around what's going on right now. >> yeah, let me ask you, amy, obviously president obama is a very skilled campaigner, he's going to be very well funded. he's a formidable opponent and yet i think only one president in history has ever had this unemployment figure and been elected. been re-elected. >> well, certainly i -- >> what do you think. how do you deal with that? >> the white house is hoping in terms of unemployment that the trend is going in the right direction for them. that is that unemployment is dropping as they head toward
i know you like romney. if you're president obama are you feeling vulnerable or confident ton in the. >> i think we've seen that president obama's having a little bit of a mini-meltdown. he went after the supreme court on the health care ruling and said you dare not turn it over. he started throwing around words like trojan horses against paul ryan's budget. it seems to me he's having a falling down moment here. from my gatherings, it seems like he's having a little bit worry around...
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romney is the guy. do you want it over or is it to your advantage they carry on squabbling for another month or so. >> if you're the democrats and the obama campaign, you're loving this. the longer it goes on, the less republicans are unified and saying return to the corner. our focus is on defeating president obama. republicans are overwhelmingly motivated to defeat president obama. they want to stretch this out. republicans have not put their best foot forward in this primary. i will make the case. in 2008 the democratic primary lifted up both hillary clinton and president obama. their favorables rose throughout the primary. that is not happening this year. the other big issue republicans have got to address is the decline and support among women. this is a vexing problem for republicans. i think mitt romney, who didn't play a significant role in it, some of the issues rick santorum introduced, have got to figure out how to get that back. it's going to be a fight for the agenda. if the agenda is about
romney is the guy. do you want it over or is it to your advantage they carry on squabbling for another month or so. >> if you're the democrats and the obama campaign, you're loving this. the longer it goes on, the less republicans are unified and saying return to the corner. our focus is on defeating president obama. republicans are overwhelmingly motivated to defeat president obama. they want to stretch this out. republicans have not put their best foot forward in this primary. i will...
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mitt romney. >> let me ask you a little bit about the tea party, which has been among the conservatives on that side of the republican party pushing for mitt romney to nominate someone that is more kind of in their comfort zone. but the criticism has been now, but what does paul ryan bring to the ticket when it comes to attracting swing voters? >> well, what paul brings to the tickets, as does mitt romney, is a seriousness of purpose this is an excellent, an outstanding choice, a confident choice, it definitely guarantees that this election will be about big issues, it will be about the serious problems facing this nation and two individuals that have serious solutions and real proposals to fix the problems. let face it president obama, he has proposed four sboinlgts far, candy. not once has he laid out a proposal to save either social security or medicare. his last two budgets were so unserious, they have had three votes in congress, the total vote tally, 0-610. they have been so unserious, not a
mitt romney. >> let me ask you a little bit about the tea party, which has been among the conservatives on that side of the republican party pushing for mitt romney to nominate someone that is more kind of in their comfort zone. but the criticism has been now, but what does paul ryan bring to the ticket when it comes to attracting swing voters? >> well, what paul brings to the tickets, as does mitt romney, is a seriousness of purpose this is an excellent, an outstanding choice, a...
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governor romney, mrs. romney and paul ryan have given somewhat different explanations about what he was trying to say. we are at a point in the campaign where everything is raw. the staff has had a rough week to ten days. sometimes you try to return every punch does this make a lot of sense? not always. they say they left leaning mother jones and the say bedunked and say they try to stir up dust. they might be ready to turn the page. >> we got our first filglimpse today. two and three said it would make them less likely to back migtt romney. >> well, you know it is hard to say because what you may end up doing is preaching to the choir as you look at those numbers. i think what you see in the campaign is a rekalbration because you can't put the genie back in the bottle this late in the campaign. i might as well make the best of it. they are talking about the 1998 audio from president obama trying to make this an issue of who is for a big bloated government that would be president obama versus who is for a
governor romney, mrs. romney and paul ryan have given somewhat different explanations about what he was trying to say. we are at a point in the campaign where everything is raw. the staff has had a rough week to ten days. sometimes you try to return every punch does this make a lot of sense? not always. they say they left leaning mother jones and the say bedunked and say they try to stir up dust. they might be ready to turn the page. >> we got our first filglimpse today. two and three...
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>> look, mitt romney has -- obama has a lot of paths to victory. romney has very few. they will be states like virginia, florida. if obama wins those states, pretty much over. romney needs to run the table and do well in ohio and pennsylvania. those are must-wins for him. >> charles, when you look at both campaigns from start to finish, what do you think has run the better campaign? >> i think that this campaign has been what most campaigns are, a series of ups and downs for both sides, and so there have been some performance issues and the first debate was a performance issue for barack obama. what mitt romney has not been able to do has been to get enough momentum to ever get himself over a hump and get shooting himself in the foot either by things coming out he didn't time or saying things in realtime that did him real damage. so mitt romney was never able to take advantage of a bit of momentum and ride that to a leading position over barack obama. and i think that -- at the end of the day, that will be a real issue that republicans will look bat and say we did not
>> look, mitt romney has -- obama has a lot of paths to victory. romney has very few. they will be states like virginia, florida. if obama wins those states, pretty much over. romney needs to run the table and do well in ohio and pennsylvania. those are must-wins for him. >> charles, when you look at both campaigns from start to finish, what do you think has run the better campaign? >> i think that this campaign has been what most campaigns are, a series of ups and downs for...
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cnn estimates that mitt romney is leading in is states. it takes 270 to win the white house. >> our campaign is growing into a movement that says we are going to get america back and strong and provide for our families. >> but president obama is in the midst of a 48 hour non-stop campaigning exhibition. >> people say what did i say i was going to do in 2008 and what have i delivered? they can have confidence that the things i say, i mean. >> we begin tonight with the governor of massachusetts. governor how are you? >> i'm great how are you? >> somebody tweeted me, it said whether you are a supporter or not of president obama, what he doesn't hear of people saying he has done a brilliant job, that is why he should be re-elected. >> how do you react to that? >> i told you the story about when the president came to visit me. i want him to take the advice in terms of the bragging. this president added 5.5 million jobs in the last few months. who has extended health care to every single american after 90 years of trying and brought bin laden to
cnn estimates that mitt romney is leading in is states. it takes 270 to win the white house. >> our campaign is growing into a movement that says we are going to get america back and strong and provide for our families. >> but president obama is in the midst of a 48 hour non-stop campaigning exhibition. >> people say what did i say i was going to do in 2008 and what have i delivered? they can have confidence that the things i say, i mean. >> we begin tonight with the...
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romney's had a bad couple weeks. the underlying reality is gasoline is dramatically higher than it was when obama was elected. the debt is so high, obama wouldn't even say the number the other night on "letterman "which was amazing. conservative republican has shown as much ignorance about the national debt as obama did on "letterman" it would have been a four-day story. instead it wasn't noticed at all. part of this is the rmney people haven't gotten used yet to the fact that in a general election, if you're the conservave, you areheadwind ally day and you'v got to just stick to your guns, be very clear about what you're going to do and not let the media distract u. >> mr. speaker, i hop 's watching tonight. some we words always. thank you for jog . >> good to beith you. >>> now weill turn to the other side. joining me me on the big stor is one of the democratic party's rising stars, maryland governor martin o'malley. how are you, governor? >> well, piers. how about you? >> very well. how are you reacting to mitt ro
romney's had a bad couple weeks. the underlying reality is gasoline is dramatically higher than it was when obama was elected. the debt is so high, obama wouldn't even say the number the other night on "letterman "which was amazing. conservative republican has shown as much ignorance about the national debt as obama did on "letterman" it would have been a four-day story. instead it wasn't noticed at all. part of this is the rmney people haven't gotten used yet to the fact...
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reid has made and is standing by unproven allegations about romney and taxes, claiming that romney didn't pay any taxes for a decade. without the chips, the facts in this case, to back it up. governor romney reacted sharply to the claim. >> it's time for harry to put up or shut up. harry will have to describe who it is he spoke with. of course that's totally and completely wrong. it's untrue, dishonest and inaccurate. it's wrong. i am looking forward to have harry reveal his sources. and we will probably find at the white house. >> he is offering no facts or evidence, just allegations and insinuations. before we go further, you should know we are not being partisan here. for weeks, we reported on michele bachmann and her house colleagues, making unfounded allegations about islamic radicals infiltrating the government making claims about the top secretary of state clinton. the standard should be no different than democrats and libertarians or anyone. allegations require extraordinary proof or any kind of proof. michele bachmann and company don't have ordinary proof and neither, so far, doe
reid has made and is standing by unproven allegations about romney and taxes, claiming that romney didn't pay any taxes for a decade. without the chips, the facts in this case, to back it up. governor romney reacted sharply to the claim. >> it's time for harry to put up or shut up. harry will have to describe who it is he spoke with. of course that's totally and completely wrong. it's untrue, dishonest and inaccurate. it's wrong. i am looking forward to have harry reveal his sources. and...
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thank you. >> you've been listening to paul ryan, the vice presidential pick of mitt romney there. they're in high point, north carolina, underscoring that they are a team, a force to beckon with and making their stops in north carolina buflt matly going their separate ways. mitt romney will be heading on to florida and to rally in that swing state, then paul ryan will be heading to iowa, the iowa state fair on monday and perhaps by chance he might even be running into the president who will be beginning his three-day swing through the state of iowa come monday. we're going to continue to watch the tour, the bus tour, of mitt romney and his running mate, paul ryan, and bring you the very latest as they continue to make their way to -- on to their third state after making their way through north carolina. we'll have much more on their tour and the president's plans for this week as well in about 30 minutes. join us in the "newsroom." i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> we're going to take you to "the next list" already in progress. >>> so what happens next then? the idea has gone through t
thank you. >> you've been listening to paul ryan, the vice presidential pick of mitt romney there. they're in high point, north carolina, underscoring that they are a team, a force to beckon with and making their stops in north carolina buflt matly going their separate ways. mitt romney will be heading on to florida and to rally in that swing state, then paul ryan will be heading to iowa, the iowa state fair on monday and perhaps by chance he might even be running into the president who...
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romney says the president should apologize. the president tells cnn affiliate wavy that is not going to happen. >> no, we won't be apologizing. and i don't -- sometimes these games are played during political campaigns. understand what the issue is here. mr. romney claims that he's mr. fix-it for the economy, because of his business experience. i think voters entirely legitimately want to know, well, what exactly was that business experience? >> okay, condi rice keeps saying she doesn't want to be vice president, but her name keeps coming up. earlier tonight, i spoke with cnn contributors and offered reason why rice will not be on the ticket. >> we can run through the reasons why rice doesn't make sense to be the v.p. candidate. most important of which is, she is pro-choice. and that is somewhat of a deal killer for any republican running for nastional office. as you just said, poppy, she doesn't want to be vice president. so, it's a nonstarter. and the timing of it is obvious, because changing the subject, let's not talk about
romney says the president should apologize. the president tells cnn affiliate wavy that is not going to happen. >> no, we won't be apologizing. and i don't -- sometimes these games are played during political campaigns. understand what the issue is here. mr. romney claims that he's mr. fix-it for the economy, because of his business experience. i think voters entirely legitimately want to know, well, what exactly was that business experience? >> okay, condi rice keeps saying she...
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mitt romney is weak. ron paul is out of the mainstream, almost a freak show in the republican party. how can you claim you're stronger if you keep losing to the candidate you call weak or freak. it's an interesting argument. >> and we wonder whether it was to the party's advantage, the republicans, to have an extended battle. when barack obama had a win after months on end, they were the only story in town. obama appeared to get better as a candidate as the months went on, and that seemed to play well for him against john mccain. couldn't the same thing happen here? could romney become a more formidable opponent? >> there are some who would argue that. he was much better tonight than the speeches he gave in the past. it was the best speech he had all year. there is that argument. you have to remember with barack obama and hillary clinton they believe largely the same things. you got to be very personal about which one you preferred. in this case, mitt romney has a fractured party on his hands with differe
mitt romney is weak. ron paul is out of the mainstream, almost a freak show in the republican party. how can you claim you're stronger if you keep losing to the candidate you call weak or freak. it's an interesting argument. >> and we wonder whether it was to the party's advantage, the republicans, to have an extended battle. when barack obama had a win after months on end, they were the only story in town. obama appeared to get better as a candidate as the months went on, and that seemed...
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a lot of people are talking about mitt romney -- florida being mitt romney country. newt gingrich could do very well down in florida. he's already cultivating ties with the cuban-american community and mitt romney will have a tough time explaining his opposition to the dream act, which is a bill that would lead to a path to citizenship for young latinos in this country. newt gingrich said he's in favor of portions of that bill. mitt romney said he would veto that act and newt gingrich would be very popular in the central part of the state. that's sarah palin country and sarah palin, she sort of endorsed newt gingrich here in south carolina. so buckle your seat belts. >> candy crowley is at romney headquarters. it was interesting to hear governor romney's speech tonight, talking a lot about obama, but he did throw a few references towards newt gingrich, though not using the candidate by name. we anticipate that is going to change in the next couple of days. he's squarely got to go after newt gingrich, right? >> reporter: and it's clearly one thing he told me and talki
a lot of people are talking about mitt romney -- florida being mitt romney country. newt gingrich could do very well down in florida. he's already cultivating ties with the cuban-american community and mitt romney will have a tough time explaining his opposition to the dream act, which is a bill that would lead to a path to citizenship for young latinos in this country. newt gingrich said he's in favor of portions of that bill. mitt romney said he would veto that act and newt gingrich would be...
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but romney surrogate and former d.o.d. comptroller says not so fast. >> there's no objection, no ideological objection at all to having drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned sub surface vehicles, all kinds of unmanned vehicles. the issue is to what extent do you rely almost exclusively on drones and on special force sns. >> reporter: for president obama secret cia drone attacks against militants in pakistan and yemen have had results without risking putting u.s. troops on the ground. he told cnn's jessica yellin. >> it has to be a situation in which we can't capture the individual before they move forward on some sort of operational plot against the united states. >> i don't think whether obama or romney wins we're going to see this technology go away or see any greater minimized use of it because of their own approach. i think we've seen president obama's most definitely willing to utilize these. have been a signature part of his counterterrorism agenda and it would be very hard for romney to roll that back even if h
but romney surrogate and former d.o.d. comptroller says not so fast. >> there's no objection, no ideological objection at all to having drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned sub surface vehicles, all kinds of unmanned vehicles. the issue is to what extent do you rely almost exclusively on drones and on special force sns. >> reporter: for president obama secret cia drone attacks against militants in pakistan and yemen have had results without risking putting u.s. troops on the...
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mitt romney by far spending the most. this is mitt romney on television ads. $2.7 million. to buy 30 seconds of advertising in south carolina is $300. now, here are our four candidates, going on to florida. mitt romney's campaign has already spent $2.4 million on television ads in florida. when you d in the superpac, $4.9. that's going to buy him a lot of ads. some of his ads are already playing in florida. he's got an ad airing in spanish. the real question is, you go to newt.org tonight, what does it say? we want a million dollar money bomb, trying to get more money to buy advertising in florida. but right now, mitt romney is the only one with the television presence in that state and it's an expensive state. >> it's not cheap to buy those 30-second commercials. i want to go over to peter right now, one of our political reporters, doing an outstanding job for us. take us inside, peter, the romney camp right now. they must believe so upset, so frustrated. a few days ago they were poised to win in south carolina and didn't happen. >> reporter: that's right. i can tell you r
mitt romney by far spending the most. this is mitt romney on television ads. $2.7 million. to buy 30 seconds of advertising in south carolina is $300. now, here are our four candidates, going on to florida. mitt romney's campaign has already spent $2.4 million on television ads in florida. when you d in the superpac, $4.9. that's going to buy him a lot of ads. some of his ads are already playing in florida. he's got an ad airing in spanish. the real question is, you go to newt.org tonight, what...
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>> you know, i think paul ryan did a more articulate job of selling mitt romney than mitt romney has done the last three months. >> of selling himself? >> of selling himself. the romney campaign had a hard time trying to address his success and free markets and defending it. ryan is an articulate spokesman and gives romney ammunition for something he's not very articulate on. >> so perhaps you can see over the next couple months that maybe this might help crystallize a campaign for romney. >> the danger here for republicans is it hadn't been a referendum on obama. republicans can say they have had three years and done nothing. the democrats can say we have a lot of specifics in paul ryan's plan. we run campaigns every two years now about medicare. >> let's talk about those demerits. seniors are concerned. there are going to be a lot of women voters who will say i'm concerned. he's very pro-life and he is also alienated another significant segment of the elect rat saying he doesn't support same-sex marriages. >> the president's campaign is running these demographics i don't think wome
>> you know, i think paul ryan did a more articulate job of selling mitt romney than mitt romney has done the last three months. >> of selling himself? >> of selling himself. the romney campaign had a hard time trying to address his success and free markets and defending it. ryan is an articulate spokesman and gives romney ammunition for something he's not very articulate on. >> so perhaps you can see over the next couple months that maybe this might help crystallize a...
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mitt romney might get one. but the big battlegrounds are ohio, tennessee, oklahoma, and the question mark of whether gingrich can come back for a fourth or fifth life, whatever the count is right now, by winning his home state of georgia. >> gloria, how damaging -- it seemed to me there were three damaging hits on rick santorum. he went for this great position. he had a bad debate. i felt he was very weak that night. secondly, that ridiculous statement that president kennedy made him puke. come on, that seems to be bad politics. >> i think he needs to grow up. >> we call him puke in britain. it's the same thing. it's the excretion of vomit or something. president jfk. come on. and the last thing that i thought reamly was completely wrong, badly timed, inappropriate, and damaging, was this thing about the president being a snob for wanting people to go to college. i couldn't fathom what political damage he could do in the state. >> he was going for the voters he actually got, which were the most conservative vot
mitt romney might get one. but the big battlegrounds are ohio, tennessee, oklahoma, and the question mark of whether gingrich can come back for a fourth or fifth life, whatever the count is right now, by winning his home state of georgia. >> gloria, how damaging -- it seemed to me there were three damaging hits on rick santorum. he went for this great position. he had a bad debate. i felt he was very weak that night. secondly, that ridiculous statement that president kennedy made him...
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red, those are safe for romney. light red leaning romney. but what will it take to win over the undecided voters, what do they want to know. "saturday night live" had this take. >> before you get our vote, you're going to have to answer some questions. questions like -- >> when is the election? >> what are the names of the two people running? and be specific. >> who's the president right now? is he or she running? >> in real life, undecided voters sound like this. >> i want there to be continued job growth. >> don't say republican, don't say democrat, just get it done. >> i have not heard anything other than this tough guy rhetoric, and numbers that don't add up. >> it's critical right now, to make the best decision. >> a lot of people need relief, and i'm not too sure the election is going to give it, no matter who gets elected. >> i hope he's wrong. we're taking you across the country this week. ali velshi is in orlando. he's on a battleground bus tour rolling from florida to ohio. and miguel marquez joins us from denver. he's been traveli
red, those are safe for romney. light red leaning romney. but what will it take to win over the undecided voters, what do they want to know. "saturday night live" had this take. >> before you get our vote, you're going to have to answer some questions. questions like -- >> when is the election? >> what are the names of the two people running? and be specific. >> who's the president right now? is he or she running? >> in real life, undecided voters sound...
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>> mitt romney. since the democratic convention is that the bounce that the president got seems to have some staying power. let us talk about again the debate, but mitt romney, the guy behind needs to have a really good debate. now the president does too. but he can coast, he can have a good debate. mitt romney has to have a great debate. >> candy crowley, state of the union, and we look forward to this week's presidential debate and we look forward to the one you'll be moderating mid-october. >> don't forget you do have a front row seat the upcoming debate between president obama and governor mitt romn. >>> dvr sanjay gupta looking at the health care plan of president obama and mitt romney. >> reporter: since president obama's health care law was enacted 3.1 million penal under the age of 26 are now covered under their parents plan. seniors in particular have benefitted on prescription drugs. >> seniors who fall in the coverage gap known as the doughnut hole will start getting some help. they'll rec
>> mitt romney. since the democratic convention is that the bounce that the president got seems to have some staying power. let us talk about again the debate, but mitt romney, the guy behind needs to have a really good debate. now the president does too. but he can coast, he can have a good debate. mitt romney has to have a great debate. >> candy crowley, state of the union, and we look forward to this week's presidential debate and we look forward to the one you'll be moderating...
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a factually bogus romney ad. now the factually bogus ad created by the pro-obama super pac. >> when mitt romney and paybain closed the plant, i lost my health care and my family lost their health care. a short time after that, my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick. and i think maybe she didn't say anything because she knew we couldn't afford the insurance. and then one day she became ill. and i took her up to the jackson county hospital. and they admitted her for pneumonia and that's when they found the cancer. by then, it was stage 4. there was nothing they could do for her. and she passed away in 22 days. >> it's a very sad story. keeping then honest, as heart wrenching as the loss of a job and death of a spouse is, virtually nothing else about the story fits the time line or the facts. mr. romney was still on the books in bain's ceo when the steel mill shut down. he had left two years before to head the olympics. you could argue he had a hand in how the company was handled. but in the ad, he s
a factually bogus romney ad. now the factually bogus ad created by the pro-obama super pac. >> when mitt romney and paybain closed the plant, i lost my health care and my family lost their health care. a short time after that, my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick. and i think maybe she didn't say anything because she knew we couldn't afford the insurance. and then one day she became ill. and i took her up to the jackson county hospital. and they admitted her for...
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not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs, it was president obama who stood up to china. and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision. said standing up to china was bad for the nation and our workers. how can mitt romney take on the cheaters when he's taking their side? >> all right. so, called china the cheaters at the same time, leon panetta had the first ever high level defense department visit there. isn't that at the least, a mixed message. at the most, hypocritical is this? >> no, i don't think so. i think secretary panetta said himself, it's a complicated. we have a relationship with china. it's a fairly good one. that doesn't mean woe won't stand up for the american worker. >> call him a cheater? >> well, you know, we wouldn't be taking these trade cases if that wasn't the case. you know, whether it's the tire industry, the automobile industry, auto suppliers, steel, the president will continue standing up to ensure our companie
not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs, it was president obama who stood up to china. and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision. said standing up to china was bad for the nation and our workers. how can mitt romney take on the cheaters when he's taking their side? >> all right. so, called china the cheaters at the same time, leon panetta had the first ever high level defense department visit there. isn't that at the...
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put romney on the defensive. how dire you give tax breaks to the richest people in this country while we have the most unfair distribution of wealth and income. how dare you throw children off of medicaid when we've got 50 million people without any health insurance today. put him on the defensive instead of saying oh, i agree with you on this. i agree with you on that. you've got to take responsibility and the responsibility is with the president. >> we'll see if he follows your advice in the next debate and the one after that. >>> they're expressions may tell more than their words. we're taking a look at some special face reading software and what it reveals about the presidential debate. ♪ at quicken loans, our amazingly useful mortgage calculator app allows you to quickly calculate your mortgage payment based on today's incredibly low interest rates... right from your iphone or android smartphone. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. ♪ bp has paid overthe people of bp twenty-threeitment to t
put romney on the defensive. how dire you give tax breaks to the richest people in this country while we have the most unfair distribution of wealth and income. how dare you throw children off of medicaid when we've got 50 million people without any health insurance today. put him on the defensive instead of saying oh, i agree with you on this. i agree with you on that. you've got to take responsibility and the responsibility is with the president. >> we'll see if he follows your advice...
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let me ask you something about the strategy of governor romney before he was governor romney, and that was something they called workdays where mitt romney decided to spend some time working as a blue collar worker like the rest of us. he was selling sausages at fenway park? he worked as a garbage man, and he was fixing cars too. but we haven't really seen that this time around. and yet that was a successful strategy back then. >> yeah. i mean they sort of recognize his wealth was sort of an issue and barrier with voters. one of the questions in the polls was asked which candidate cares for people like you and only 18% said mitt romney. and six weeks before the election. so it's a similar thing he's failed on a national level. people don't feel like he cares about people like them. they haven't done quite as much to mitigate that as they did in 2002. i mean the caveat, though, it was a state race, it was more controlled on a national scale, there's a lot more variables and it's harder to sort of make big swings in the polls. but, you know, the strategy was clearly different when he was
let me ask you something about the strategy of governor romney before he was governor romney, and that was something they called workdays where mitt romney decided to spend some time working as a blue collar worker like the rest of us. he was selling sausages at fenway park? he worked as a garbage man, and he was fixing cars too. but we haven't really seen that this time around. and yet that was a successful strategy back then. >> yeah. i mean they sort of recognize his wealth was sort of...
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romney supporter tim pawlenty. welcome back, governor. >> captain morgan, it's good to be back with you. >> i like that phrase, thank you. let's turn to your own captain or the guy who wants to be captain, mitt romney. we got clear dividing lines emerging over the economy now, haven't we? this whole issue of the tax a the bush tax cuts and so on, president obama clarified his position. he says, look, i'll extend them for a year, from january, and everybody under $250,000 a year gets to have the tax cuts. what is wrong with that in principle? >> well, two things, piers. one is, it really is class warfare. if you look at the people in this country who make over $250,000 a year, many of them are small business owners, entrepreneurs. they pay their taxes. not in corporate context but on their personal returns. so you're really raising the taxes on a lot of the people in the country who are the entrepreneur, small business owners and the like. it's the backbone of the economy. it's wrong headed. it's misguided. it's goi
romney supporter tim pawlenty. welcome back, governor. >> captain morgan, it's good to be back with you. >> i like that phrase, thank you. let's turn to your own captain or the guy who wants to be captain, mitt romney. we got clear dividing lines emerging over the economy now, haven't we? this whole issue of the tax a the bush tax cuts and so on, president obama clarified his position. he says, look, i'll extend them for a year, from january, and everybody under $250,000 a year gets...
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they believe romney ve-- so, ca romney use this new-found momentum to help him in a crucial state like florida? well, let's bring in a man who knows. bernie thompson a popular conservative radio talk show host in the sunshine state famous for saying things like this about the race for the white house. listen. >> i won't be surprised if barack obama just takes a bite out of his ear. he might just take a bite out of his ear. you have to do something, but it's going to get, i think it's going to get ugly because that is the only thing that barack obama can do. >> and joining me now is bernie thompson. good morning. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> all right, so, i think most can agree, certainly, that wednesday's debate was certainly a big win for mitt romney, hands down. but observers are still criticizing him, actually, about not giving enough details. so, i want to read to you what a conservative columnist for "new york times" said right after the debate. romney had his share of lines and the stinctions he drew between romney care and obama care and didn't say anyt
they believe romney ve-- so, ca romney use this new-found momentum to help him in a crucial state like florida? well, let's bring in a man who knows. bernie thompson a popular conservative radio talk show host in the sunshine state famous for saying things like this about the race for the white house. listen. >> i won't be surprised if barack obama just takes a bite out of his ear. he might just take a bite out of his ear. you have to do something, but it's going to get, i think it's...
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here, romney appears to be pretty comfortably on top of cain. >> romney is able to consolidate those voters who aren't part of the tea-vangelist crowd. >> a new moniker. >> the tea-vangelists. herman cain is solidly in second place. he's solidified the gains he's made. those have come out of rick perry's hide. the other thing is look at the winner's circle, perry's not in there, it's romney, cain, and ron paul. give the man credit where he's due, he's in that top three. >> how serious is ron paul as a contender? his base has always been loyal, evangel pal paul-ites. >> he's got his loyal base, they will always be his loyal base. but he's not going to be in the top tier of candidates. he's not some money, actually, but in the end, i don't think he's going to wind up in that top tier. and i think herman cain is actually hurting him to a great degree. michele bachmann, by the way, nowhere in these polls. in the state of iowa, supposed to be her big move, she's trying to get more people to work there for her. she's trying to really make her move there. but look, she's absolutely nowhere.
here, romney appears to be pretty comfortably on top of cain. >> romney is able to consolidate those voters who aren't part of the tea-vangelist crowd. >> a new moniker. >> the tea-vangelists. herman cain is solidly in second place. he's solidified the gains he's made. those have come out of rick perry's hide. the other thing is look at the winner's circle, perry's not in there, it's romney, cain, and ron paul. give the man credit where he's due, he's in that top three....
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romney, but rather how fast. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> now out of all the issues that mitt romney was supposed to be far out in front of obama when it comes to the economy. but president obama has done better than expected. ally bank. why they have a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >>> when it comes to campaign issues, jobs and the economy are supposed to be big drivers of the election. it doesn't look like mitt romney has been able to gain much traction, so where do we stand? i want to bring in brian lizza. let's talk specifics here, we keep hearing that mitt romney needs to be more specific about his plans for what he's going to do about the economy, do you think that being more specific, though, will help or hurt him and how
romney, but rather how fast. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> now out of all the issues that mitt romney was supposed to be far out in front of obama when it comes to the economy. but president obama has done better than expected. ally bank. why they have a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one...
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here, romney appears to be pretty comfortably on top of cain. >> romney is able to consolidate those voters who aren't part of the tea-vangelist crowd. >> a new moniker. >> the tea-vangelists. herman cain is solidly in second place. he's solidified the gains he's made. those have come out of rick perry's hide. the other thing is look at the winner's circle, perry's not in there, it's romney, cain, and ron paul. give the man credit where he's due, he's in that top three. >> how serious is ron paul as a contender? his base has always been loyal, evangelical paul-ites. >> he's got his loyal base, they will always be his loyal base. but he's not going to be in the top tier of candidates. he's not some money, actually, but in the end, i don't think he's going to wind up in that top tier. and i think herman cain is actually hurting him to a great degree. michele bachmann, by the way, nowhere in these polls. in the state of iowa, supposed to be her big move, she's trying to get more people to work there for her. she's trying to really make her move there. but look, she's absolutely nowhere.
here, romney appears to be pretty comfortably on top of cain. >> romney is able to consolidate those voters who aren't part of the tea-vangelist crowd. >> a new moniker. >> the tea-vangelists. herman cain is solidly in second place. he's solidified the gains he's made. those have come out of rick perry's hide. the other thing is look at the winner's circle, perry's not in there, it's romney, cain, and ron paul. give the man credit where he's due, he's in that top three....
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romney pulling no punches. gearing up despite the fact his republican rivals newt gingrich and ron paul are still technically in the race. he is looking past them well into the fall and toward an election victory, lighting up a crowd eager for what's ahead. mitt romney, a strong night. effectively locking up this republican nomination. erin? >> thanks, john. well, as we talk about the election in the u.s., one of the most crucial issues has everything to do with where i'm sitting right now. that is what will israel do about iran? it's a crucial question, and i had a chance to talk about it with the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu. i went to and visited him in his home. it's an important week for israel. memorial day and the country's 64th anniversary as a nation. what does israel as a nation mean? what will they do about iran? and benjamin netanyahu made some news on the palestinian question. here he is on iran. >> mr. prime minister, thank you so much for inviting us and letting us come and see yo
romney pulling no punches. gearing up despite the fact his republican rivals newt gingrich and ron paul are still technically in the race. he is looking past them well into the fall and toward an election victory, lighting up a crowd eager for what's ahead. mitt romney, a strong night. effectively locking up this republican nomination. erin? >> thanks, john. well, as we talk about the election in the u.s., one of the most crucial issues has everything to do with where i'm sitting right...
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i talk to mitt romney about jobs. >> is mitt romney a democrat? is he an obama supporter? >> when i speak to mitt romney about is jobs, what i speak to mitt romney about is china because he's got a great view on china and how they're trying to destroy our country by taking our jobs and making our product and manipulating their currency so that it makes it almost impossible for our companies to compete. what i speak to him about is opec. i don't speak to him about this. you bring it up because you feel it's probably going to get a few more people watching your station, which unfortunately they're not doing. >> here what's romney's spokeswoman said to the, not yesterday, not six months ago, governor romney has said repeatedly that he believes president obama was born in the united states. he's not a democrat, he's not an obama supporter, he's governor romney, the presidential nominee. he says you're wrong. >> you know what? everybody's entitled to their opinion. you know my opinion, you know his opinion and that's fine. we're entitled as he said yesterday in the airplane, we
i talk to mitt romney about jobs. >> is mitt romney a democrat? is he an obama supporter? >> when i speak to mitt romney about is jobs, what i speak to mitt romney about is china because he's got a great view on china and how they're trying to destroy our country by taking our jobs and making our product and manipulating their currency so that it makes it almost impossible for our companies to compete. what i speak to him about is opec. i don't speak to him about this. you bring it...
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romney, romney, romney! romney, romney, romney! >> our mission -- our mission is to increase the freedom and opportunity of the american people and our blueprint is the constitution of the united states. we're going to build an america where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker. and i will not attempt to bribe the voters with promises of new programs and new subsidies ander increasing checks from government. if this election is a bidding war of who can promise the most benefits, then i'm not your president. you have that president today. but if you want to make this about restoring american greatness, then i hope you'll join with us. if you believe the disappointments of the last few years are a detour and not our destiny, then i'm asking for your vote. i'm asking each of you to remember how special it is to be an american. i want you to remember why it was that you or your ancestors who sacrificed to come to america and to overcome the challenges of life in a new coun
romney, romney, romney! romney, romney, romney! >> our mission -- our mission is to increase the freedom and opportunity of the american people and our blueprint is the constitution of the united states. we're going to build an america where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker. and i will not attempt to bribe the voters with promises of new programs and new subsidies ander increasing checks from government. if this election is a bidding war of who...